A Vermont high school teacher has been suspended for a month without pay for allowing a student to shoot a deer.

Steve Wunsch, a longtime teacher at Northwest Technical Center in St. Albans, told the Burlington Free Press the issue was being exploited.

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St. Albans police said a group of students was at or near a building trades job site last month when a deer was spotted. Police Chief Gary Taylor said it was muzzle loading season and one student who lived nearby was allowed to go to his home and bring back a firearm.

Taylor said the deer was shot dead by the student. He said a photograph of the class with the dead deer was taken and later posted on Facebook.